BAILEY, Thomas Warnock
Born 5 September 1875; died 17 November 1918; buried 19 November 1918; age 43
Thomas was born in Mosgiel to Jane Maria BAILEY née WARNOCK and her husband Robert Bailey in 1875.
In 1896 Thomas Warnock Bailey appeared on the Dunedin electoral roll as a watchmaker, an occupation he continued with after the family moved to Wellington before 1900. Thomas lived first in Seatoun Road, Kilbirnie, possibly living with his mother Jane.
In 1905 he married May SMITH (born c1891) who had attended Mt Cook Girls School and together they lived in Queens Drive, Maranui where he changed his occupation to storeman.
Their daughter, Greta Georgina Bailey was born in 1910. Thomas’s mother Jane lived locally, in Sutherland Road, Melrose. In the same year as Greta was born, Jane died and was buried in Karori Cemetery. By 1915 Greta was attending Lyall Bay School and the family lived in Rua St, Lyall Bay.
Thomas had not made his will when he got sick with the flu and died at St Patrick’s College special hospital at the Basin Reserve on 17 November. He was buried two days later in the Anglican section of Karori Cemetery. His widow’s brothers, George and Joseph Smith, both carpenters, stood a £300 surety to enable May to administer Thomas’ estate.
In 1922 and 1923 memorial notices appeared in the Evening Post:
We shall sleep but not for ever.
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part, no never,
On the Resurrection Morn.
Inserted by his loving wife and daughter, Greta
Thomas and May Bailey are buried together, though May did not die until 1955. Their daughter Greta followed 6 years later, and her remains were placed in the lawn cemetery elsewhere in Karori Cemetery. She seems never to have married.
Researched and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot 67 E
Born 5 September 1875; died 17 November 1918; buried 19 November 1918; age 43
Thomas was born in Mosgiel to Jane Maria BAILEY née WARNOCK and her husband Robert Bailey in 1875.
In 1896 Thomas Warnock Bailey appeared on the Dunedin electoral roll as a watchmaker, an occupation he continued with after the family moved to Wellington before 1900. Thomas lived first in Seatoun Road, Kilbirnie, possibly living with his mother Jane.
In 1905 he married May SMITH (born c1891) who had attended Mt Cook Girls School and together they lived in Queens Drive, Maranui where he changed his occupation to storeman.
Their daughter, Greta Georgina Bailey was born in 1910. Thomas’s mother Jane lived locally, in Sutherland Road, Melrose. In the same year as Greta was born, Jane died and was buried in Karori Cemetery. By 1915 Greta was attending Lyall Bay School and the family lived in Rua St, Lyall Bay.
Thomas had not made his will when he got sick with the flu and died at St Patrick’s College special hospital at the Basin Reserve on 17 November. He was buried two days later in the Anglican section of Karori Cemetery. His widow’s brothers, George and Joseph Smith, both carpenters, stood a £300 surety to enable May to administer Thomas’ estate.
In 1922 and 1923 memorial notices appeared in the Evening Post:
We shall sleep but not for ever.
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part, no never,
On the Resurrection Morn.
Inserted by his loving wife and daughter, Greta
Thomas and May Bailey are buried together, though May did not die until 1955. Their daughter Greta followed 6 years later, and her remains were placed in the lawn cemetery elsewhere in Karori Cemetery. She seems never to have married.
Researched and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot 67 E